I see a lot of posts where people ask, how much is a 1911 Pig Rupee or how much is a 1936 1/4 Anna. But rarely do I hear someone qualifying the coin in terms of grade. Depending on the grade of the coin the coin can be worth anywhere between the price of silver to a 10's and thousands of rupees. Grade is such an important thing! So I want to take a few minutes to let everyone know my thoughts about grade. What is Grade? Depending on how unchanged and unscratched and uncleaned the coin has been since the time it has been minted, the coin is given a grade. There are different ways in which gra ..read more

BRITISH INDIA - HALF RUPEE - GEORGE V - SILVER ..read more

The dirham (Arabic: درهم‎) (sign: د.إ; code: AED) is the currency of the United Arab Emirates. The ISO 4217 code (currency abbreviation) for the United Arab Emirates dirham is AED. Unofficial abbreviations include DH or Dhs. The dirham is subdivided into 100 fils (فلس). Below coins are part of my collection : 25 Fils 50 Fils 1 Dirham 1 Dirham (Magnetic) 1 DIRHAM COINS 50 FILS COINS 25 FILS COINS ..read more

This is share information about RBI's Notice regarding abolishment of all the banknotes issued prior to 2005 from March 31st 2014. Please make sure that you don't keep any old notes stocked at home. They will be worth nothing later. If anyone wants to dispose of any old notes bundle or notes in good condition, they can contact us. We might take some for collection purpose..  Click here to contact us. Link :  http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/NotificationUser.aspx?Id=8715&Mode=0 ..read more

Security Edge ?? Milled Edge ?? Most of the coin collecter have a doubt regarding milled/reeded edge variants for security edge high value coins... Are these deliberately minted ? If yes then how come a coin has partial milled edge and partial security edge ?? Or are these coins some sort of error coins ? And if error why are they listed as variants in Krause Catalog as varaints.... ?? Here is a article which might help u gets your doubt clarified : Normally high value coins are produced with a 'Security edge' like Rs.2 coins in before 1990s and Rs.5(normal and commemorative) coins till 2 ..read more

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There were two different 20 Paise Aluminium-Magnesium Alloy Commemorative coins issued. Details as per standard catalog : Hyderabad Mint :  FAO Reverse Side   -------------------  a variant of same mint coin : some sort of error coin Observe of the same coin :  Hyderabad Mint Fishries Coin  Reverse Side -------------------Kolkata Mint Fishries Coin Reverse Side  Observe of the same coin ..read more

" Coin collecting is the only hobby in the world that you can spend all the money in the world and still have some left over. " Dear Friend, Thank you for visiting my blog. I have been collecting coins and bank notes of India and other countries from my child hood days.... which gained momentum after 2005.. At that time, I had no internet access , what to speak of internet, even no reference books on coin collection were available with me. I simply collected coins from circulation, choosing only by different designs and photos, then I started collecting for different years and then different ..read more

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Rabindra Nath Coins available for rebooking from 16/8/2011 to 20/09/2011 Click Here Weblink to book this coin : http://igmkolkata.spmcil.com/SPMCIL/Interface/CustomerLogin.aspx or  http://igmkolkata.spmcil.com/SPMCIL/Interface/PurchaseProducts.aspx  Click on the Image above to see the zoomed view of the advertisement ..read more